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Jonny Ritson
@jpritson.bsky.social
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Research fellow at The University of Manchester
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jpritson.bsky.social
Data starting to come in from our Bezos Earth Fund project looking at sphagnum and methanotrophy.

If nothing else we had fun playing with the bubble columns!
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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peatlandcymru.bsky.social
Fantastic job: Specialist Advisor in Peatland Habitat Monitoring.
Join the dynamic Wales peatland team to lead ecological survey & monitoring elements.
£41K-£44K+ p/a. Closing 14/12/2025. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
@natreswales.bsky.social #GreenJobs #environment #Wales
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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peatlandcymru.bsky.social
Make 2026 the year you become our Specialist Advisor in Peatland Hydrology!
Join the dynamic Wales peatland team as technical lead for peatland hydrology monitoring.
£41K-£44K+ p/a. Closing 14/12/2025. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...

#jobs @natreswales.bsky.social #Wales
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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ukceh.bsky.social
New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.

www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...

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#maps #LandUse
A split image showing Canford Heath, Dorset: left side features a 1960s land utilization survey map with color-coded zones; right side displays a present-day satellite view, highlighting urban development over former heathland. A historical land use map of Downham Market, Norfolk from the 1960s, shaded to show various land types like arable, urban, and woodland. Four digitised maps showing land cover changes in Wolverhampton, England from 1930 to 2020, highlighting shifts from broadleaved woodland and grassland to arable land and urban areas.
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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peatlandcymru.bsky.social
Want a breath of fresh air? Join the peatland team!
3 perfect posts to make a positive difference monitoring the success of the peatland restoration programme expanding Wales-wide.
Salary £36,246 - £39,942. Closing 3/12/2025.
Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
#GreenJobs #Wales
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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peatymike.bsky.social
Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social
supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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peatymike.bsky.social
Looking for a PhD in environmental science? I will soon have an advert out for a project at @liverpooluni.bsky.social with @ukceh.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk.

"Peatland drainage + rewetting across the UK uplands + lowlands"

All about GHG emissions and aquatic carbon. Watch this space!
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
jpritson.bsky.social
Wrapping up the GGR-Peat project just in time before the gas collars were subsumed into sphagnum hummocks!
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
jpritson.bsky.social
Anyone need some Exetainers? I have a few boxes expiring end Dec 25!
October 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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peatymike.bsky.social
Looking for a PhD in aquatic carbon/GHG cycling? Take a look at this fantastic opportunity. Led by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social and with Amy Pickard, Jens-Arne Subke and me. Field + lab components, and lots of exciting science.

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
October 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
jpritson.bsky.social
The most intriguing door sign in the University of Manchester. Sadly, the door is locked. These are private holes in the floor.
September 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
jpritson.bsky.social
Remnants of a lowland raised bog. Left is still under agricultural production, right at ~50cm higher was abandoned in the 60s. Just under 1cm lost per year.
September 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
jpritson.bsky.social
Without delving too much into the stats - it's safe to say our trial to speed up sphagnum colonisation of restoration pool was successful
September 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
jpritson.bsky.social
It's that time of year again
September 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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peatofmind.bsky.social
New #PeatPaper by Lees et al. in #HydrologicalProcesses

"The Sponge Analogy Problem: Moving Towards Clearer Communication of Peatland Hydrological Processes"

#peatlands #hydrology #scicomm

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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laurajpottinger.bsky.social
How might stitching help us get to know mosses on more intimate terms?

New coauthored paper from the MossWorlds project on stitching sphagnum moss and doing creative, interdisciplinary work in geography labs: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@uomcreativemcr.bsky.social (1/3)
Embroidered moss made from a selection of textural green fabrics attached to plain cotton fabric stretched across an embroidery hoop. A brown label with the handwritten words 'laboratory incident' is attached to the fabric.
September 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
jpritson.bsky.social
In the last year I've been made co-lead of my research group, been told I will be made permanent, been told I will be made redunant, been told I will not be made redundant but not permanent, and now that I can't accept consultancy income because I'm not permanent.

Academia is well run by top minds.
September 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
jpritson.bsky.social
Some highlights from a summer of fieldwork - lots of sphagnum (natural and planted) and the occasional sunny day on the bog
September 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social
We are pleased to have a thematic session at this years @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting in Edinburgh December 2025 on ‘Past and Future Resilience of Global #Wetlands’ - we have some excellent speakers lined up and hopefully many wetland folks will attend the conference and present too!
August 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
jpritson.bsky.social
In my ongoing tests to see which parts of my job AI can automate I asked ChatGPT to create a map for me of my plots using a satellite image basemap and a pop out showing where the site was in the UK.

Close. So close.
August 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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newphyt.bsky.social
#TansleyReview: The effects of #drought on #Sphagnum #moss species and the implications for hydrology in #peatlands

Keane et al. 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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The global and local distribution of Sphagnum and a detailed desciption of its anatomy.
August 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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queenofpeat.bsky.social
Sphagnum mosses are fascinating from physiology, ecology, and climate perspectives. I'm especially proud of this @newphyt.bsky.social paper meant to inspire new research on ecoevolution and biodiversity. Check out the incredible cover art by Blanka Aguero! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Image of the cover of the New Phytologist journal showing a close up image of brown and orange Sphagnum plants.
July 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
jpritson.bsky.social
Welsh duolingo really going for the sterotypes
July 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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fluxsoilsleaves.bsky.social
Tansley Review now out @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... big team effort involving @garethclay.bsky.social @jpritson.bsky.social @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social @queenofpeat.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social @adamjohnst.bsky.social (1/2)
The effects of drought on Sphagnum moss species and the implications for hydrology in peatlands
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nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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havenecology.bsky.social
A very busy but rewarding week with the highlight definitely being the Moss Worlds final exhibition. The moss house at the firs is now one of my favourite places, it has Wilson’s filmy fern growing on the walls! Great as well to see the moss protest signs and everyone’s moss stitch pieces in person
The moss house at the Firs, Manchester University Mossy protest signs from the Moss Worlds project Wilson’s filmy fern at the moss house, the Firs, Manchester University Cross stitch pieces of mosses, on plant pots, in a glass house
July 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM